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MeSH Heading: Endoscopy
Tree Number(s): E01.370.388.250; E04.502.250
Unique ID: D004724
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004724
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; / instrum permitted but consider also ENDOSCOPES
Scope Note: Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.
Entry Term(s): Endoscopic Surgical Procedure; Endoscopic Surgical Procedures; Endoscopy, Surgical; Surgical Endoscopy; Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic; Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic
See Also: Endoscopes
Public MeSH Note: 1963; for SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ENDOSCOPIC and ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES see SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ENDOSCOPIC 1998-1999, see SURGERY, ENDOSCOPIC 1996-1997
History Note: 1963
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

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veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0028215
Terms: Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic Preferred Term
Term UI T056219
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Endoscopic Surgical Procedure
Term UI T056214
Date05/30/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Endoscopic Surgical Procedures
Term UI T056218
Date05/30/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Endoscopy, Surgical
Term UI T056220
Date07/13/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Surgical Endoscopy
Term UI T056221
Date03/30/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic
Term UI T056217
Date05/30/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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